Blouse



'April 22, 1924. 1,491,767

W. FREEDMAN BLOUSE Filed Oct. 19. 1921 Patented Apr. 22,1924.

unirse srArss Y IAQ-M57 PATENT orric- WILLIAM FREELMAN, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AssIorNoR or ONE-THIRD To' MORRIS SOBELMAN AND ONE-'THIRD rroI EDWARD MORRIS, BOTH or BALTIMORE, MARY-- Y LA 'N D.

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Application fll'cd October 19, 1921. Serial No. 508,811.

To allwhom t may concern.' Be it known that I, WILLIAM FREEDMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State 5 of New York, have invented certain new and luseful Improvements in Blouses, of which the following is a specification.

'This invention relates to Y improvements in blouses; particularly the design of blouses known as middy blouses.

An object of this invention is to provide a middy blouse Vwhich can be worn at full length and either be loose at thewaist or be adjusted'near its lower `end to make it snugly but comfortably encircle ,the wearers body; and lwhich further can be shortened when desired, by turning the waist band up and gathering it in, so asto make the blouse smaller and of less girth, while at the same time giving it an attractive, stylish and belted appearance.

This and other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description, taken with the accompanying drawings, setting forth the best form of my invention now known to me; as the novel features of the invention will be defined in the appended claims. But this disclosure is, of course, illustrative only; and I may make changes in what is actually shown herein, especially as to the shape,

size and arrangement of parts, without de` parting from the scope and spirit of the invention as the same is indicated by the lgeneral meanings of the terms in which the claims are expressed.

On the drawings Figure 1 is a front view of a blouse according to my invention as the same Vappears when worn Vat full length and loose in the waist;

Figure 2 is a frontV view of the saine blouse made shorter by turning'the waist band up and gathering itin somewhat;

Figure 3 is a bottom plan of the waist band as it appears with the parts in the positions they occupy when the blouse is adjusted as in Figure 2, and;

Figures et and 5 are detail views showing the manner in which the waist band is made, to enable it to be shortened when desired.

e together.

The same numerals identify the', same parts throughout.

. In the particular description ofthe drawings I use the` numeral 1 to indicate the d o'wn toward .the wearers hips; also if desired, the waistband can be vshorte'nedoto with the same effect 'as the so called Rus- Vsian blouse, with the lowerpart extending Y make it encircle ones waist more snugly and the blouse can then be worn loose with the waist band engaging ones waist but withoutl being 'turned up to shorten the blouse. Such a method of wearing the blouse, simply makes the blouse looser or baggy from the waist up aswill -be under.n stood. No illustration-*of this effect 'is necessary. j Y

For the purpose of enabling the waist e band tofbe shortened,-if desired, so as to make it engage the wearcrs waist, Veither when the waistband is in ordinary turneddown position, as shown ink Figure 1;orVV turned up as in Figure2; Iv provide the band with flaps,l 6 and 7 at opposite'sides of the blouse. Flaps 6 may have holes therein and the flaps 7 may carry buttons, but obviously I may use otherV fastening devices as well. Hence when the vblouse is to be madersmaller at the waist, the flaps 6 and 7 at the waist are drawn towards each other and bu'ttoned,vor otherwiscsecured. This adjustment `will fmake the folds'or pla-its 8 in the band 5, and folds 9 in the body l. When the blouse is to be worn at full length, like a Russian blouse, with the waist band 5 turned down, the iaps 6 and 7 are on the inside of the body 1 and unfastened. They are vthen hidden from view, but when the blouse is to be worn being worn at any lower point.

to use it for such a purpose.

v band as a pocket.

and shoulders, with an eect or appearance dierent from Vwhat is shown in Figure 1.

Further, if the wearer wishes to turn up thewaist band, he can gather it in as indicated in Figure 2, which presents the .waist band turned upso as to expose the naps 6 y and 7 on the outside of same. This method le of wearing the blouse makes the waist band give the garment a belted orgirdled eli'ect and permits it to retain such useful articles as handkerchiefs, etc., if the wearer vwishes rlhe flaps V6 and 7 are provided by cutting recesses in the upper and lower edges of the Y bandY 5, or the inner layer thereof when this band is made of two layers of cloth. Such recesses are indicatedat 10`in Figurey a, the same being in the opposite edges of the band 5, and the narrow part of the band between each two recesses is folded together along a transverse line 11,' so as to double these parts, and thesides of the recesses, which in edect, constitute shoulders 12, are stitched together; and so are the top and bottoniedges of the iaps, as clearly shown in Figure 5. The buttons can then be attached and the buttonholes worked in or whatever other fastening devices are tobe used may be secured in position.

Of course as Vmany recesses 10 are made in the band 5 as arenecessary to provide a flap 6 and affi'ap 7 at each side of the blouse.

Inthe above description it isV apparent that with a blousel of the design specied, three different modes of wearing same can lbe afforded; since the blouse can be worn with the band 5 turneddown andloose as in Figure 1, or with the band turned down and gathered in in order to keep'the blouse Y from hanging down further than the wear- `ers waist, or with the band turned up .and

made of less girth as in Figures2 and 3,

to give the blouse the appearance of being providedV with a belt or girdle and enable the wearer to use theturned up hem or Of course the blouse can also be worn with the hem 5 turned up,

but loose, and the iaps 6 and 7 disengaged if one wishes. Y Having described my invention, what I believe to be new, and desire to secure and protect by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A iniddy blouse having a waist band provided with fastening devices on the inner side of said band, said devices when disengaged permittingsaid blouse to be worn loosely at full length, and being capable of engagement to lessen the girth of said band and enable the blouse to be worn with the band turned down to hold the lower end of the blouse adjacent the wearers waist, or worn with the waistband turned up, and of lessened girth, to afford a combined pocket and girdle effect.l i

2. A middy blouse having waist band providing a pair of flaps at each side of the blouse, each flap being made by forming al pair of recesses in the opposite edges of the band, the relatively narrow portion'of the band between each pair of opposed recesses being doubled upon itself, and the opposite sidesof each recess and the oppo-V site edges of each portion being secured together, and fasteningV devicescarried by said flaps, said device when disengaged, permitting said blouse to be worn at Vfull length and being capable of engagement to lessen the girth vof said band and enable the blouse to be worn when the band is turned down to hold the lower end of the vblouse adjacent the wearers waist, or yworn with the waist band turned up and of lessened girth to form a combined pocket kand girdle efect. f

8.7A straight cut garment in the nature of a waist or blouse, the bottom portion being adapted for rolling ink the form of a cuff, means for shortening the `circumference of the garment near the waist line consisting of; cooperating tabs attached to the inside of the garment, the tabs Vhaving fastening means near their free ends, said tabs when fastened serving to hold the cu in rolled position. Y-

4. A middy blouse having a bottom por- Y tion adapted tobe rolled to shorten the garvinentpnfieans for shortening the circumferY ence of the. garment near thek bottom consisting of spaced fastenin -memberssecured to the garment on the inside, said y:tastening means serving to hold the bottom portion of the garment in rolled position.

In witness whereof, l have signed my name to this specification, this 8th day of August, 1921. l

' WILLIAM FREEDMAN.v

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